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  1. Cannot build Windows apps! on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio For Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    "Build apps for the cloud, iOS, Android, macOS, and wearables."

    Great, cannot even build a Windows app. Count me out.

  2. Re:As a non-american... on YouTube Adds Full-Length Television Shows · · Score: 1

    Not sure if the trick works here too, but I always thought that online region locking worked by analyzing the location of the subscriber's IP number until I had to watch a foreign video and changing the time zone in my clock settings to match the web site's country did the trick.

  3. Re:Have you noticed the shortcomings? on Limitations in Current Breed of Palm Handhelds? · · Score: 1

    Well, that was my point. I have to edit my html tree quite often and like to have an up-to-date copy on my PDA.

    With the h4150, after I finish editing the html tree on my desktop/laptop, I just access the network share in-place using wi-fi, copy and paste to the SDIO card on the PocketPC and presto! No corversions/migration of the html files to do.

    I also worry about availability. Traveling a lot, I don't want to loose accesibility to the only copy I carry of my reference documents. If I have to hard reset the iPAQ the data on the SDIO will be there (non-volatile). And so will be pocket IE (by default in the ROM). No add-ons/backups needed.

  4. Have you noticed the shortcomings? on Limitations in Current Breed of Palm Handhelds? · · Score: 1

    Yes we have!

    We use Tungstens at work and, in spite of their equal or superior hardware (i.e., more screen real state), fuctionality-wise software blows. I end up using my privately owned iPaq 4150 for work purposes. Mostly, carrying around lots of technical references in html format, stored on a 1G SD card.

    I do not like Microsoft or HP a lot having been burnt by them in the past. But the Palm UI and default software bundle is "retard." I owned an old Palm with 512K and "at the time" was kind of cool, but I see that they have done nothing in terms of improving the platform. All they did is adding color, storage capacity, cpu frequency, and bundle disparate software that does not interoperate seamlessly.

  5. Yeah, and how exactly... on Stolen Laptop Alarms · · Score: 1

    ...is the alarm going to blast after someone removes the battery before moving/stealing the laptop.